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COMPUTER VIDEO
NOVEMBER 2004 CONTENTS
BRAND NEW LOOK
+ FREE DVD!
REGULARS
Opening scream
The ed's boasting that the new-look mag with DVD is wunnerful (but makes
his excuses, too)
News
Ultra-slim Apple G5 iMacs; Casablanca adopts MainConcept; Sony DCR-HC1000
three-chips camcorder; Apple's low-cost editing bundle; Hitachi 400GByte
3.5in EIDE HDD; MainConcept's H.264 HD DVD encoder; Networkable Panasonic
DVD recorder; Serious Magic's DV Rack; Roxio sells off software arm
to concentrate on Napster; Miglia's FireWire800 Raid 0 drives
Updates
LaCie Fire800 bug-fix for Windows XP SP2; Boris FX update for Boris
Continuum 3
Help on the net
The collected wisdom of our DVdoctor-hosted forums, at your disposal
Help and letters
Advice handed out by the editor his very self, which often means referral
to our DVdoctor-hosted forums or cix conference!
Buyers' guide
The definitive guide to video-making and DVD hardware and software.
Taking in dedicated editing systems (Mac and Windows), and the hardware
and software in them, plus camcorders, and more besides
DVdoctor
Video analyst John Ferrick of DVdoctor Inc looks at ways in which the
data-density of DVD could be boosted
FEATURES
User profile - Greg
Hawkes
Profile of a successful wedding videographer who made the transition
from a 9-t0-5 job
Alice Donut fans'
video compo
Making punk-band music videos - with a difference. These were made by
the fans of the band, Alice Donut
Technology close-up
Everything you always wanted to know about PCI Express - and how video
editors just got lucky
TUTORIAL
DVD menus in Photoshop
How to create professional-looking DVD menus from scratch in Adobe Photoshop
REVIEWS
Boris FX Boris Continuum
Plug-in effects package for FCP, Premiere and After Effects, £539
Snazzi DV.AVIO
Affordable PCI-based analogue/DV capture and output package, £128
Wavelab 5 v SoundForge
7
Head-to-head of Steinberg's and Sony's audio-editing heavyweights, £500
and £340
Terratec Aureon
7.1 FireWire
FireWire external, multi-channel audio interface, £230
Elgato EyeHome
Network media player for Apple Macs, £200
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